That old saying of, 12hrs between bottle and throttle wrong, after a heavy session I give it 24hrs.
gold rover
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I've actually never heard that one. As for the person in question it was more like 6hrs between last drink and getting behind the wheel.
I've caught out many a person halfway through the next day, who have thought they were ok to drive. When you stop is immaterial, how much has been consumed, the proof, the metabolism of the person and various other factors , all come into play.
Datatek
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24 hours is not long enough after a heavy session for most people.
Colthebrummie
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Professional drivers should be randomly breath tested by the employer before the start of a shift.
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Datatek
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A lot of PSV's over here cannot be started until the driver has blown into an inbuilt breathalyser. Doesn't stop someone cheating though.
gold rover
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No matter how many times you tell them. there are those, out there, who either just wont listen or will keep believing old wives tales, over fact.+100%
No drink after midnight another bar room myth
You can only hope they get caught , before injuring or killing themselves or someone else. The themselves, I don't care about, as long as it's not too messy for the attending.
sheriff
Active Member
Yeah too right Gold rover, have had to do too many of those silly o’clock door nocks to have the wife or mum collapse in my arms and then to compound matters when I told them they couldn’t see loved one, one of the hardest jobs in the world trying to tell them to remember them as they were, not like something from a butchers block.
This part of traffic legislation is where zero tolerance rules and in my humble opinion limit should be ZERO !!!
This part of traffic legislation is where zero tolerance rules and in my humble opinion limit should be ZERO !!!
gold rover
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I suspect it's computer error, compounded by the driver relying too much on technology, as many now do. It's similar to the idiots who drive into rivers " because the sat nav told them to".
All the gadgets in the world , can't replace common sense
norseman
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So laden it should have been lower, but maybe the road had been resurfaced (more than once even) since the bridge sign was installed?
I hit a bridge whilst transporting a large digging machine on a low-loader years ago, no way to measure the machine's boom height & to cap it all the bridge clearance wasn't displayed. No action taken against me by my employer or the police (who attended) but you never forget the experience.
